Well, a DMCA takedown is an accusation of illegal conduct and Twitter is a very public place.
File a defamation suit against them, and force the C-suite and their lawyers to sit for depositions where they must justify their good-faith beliefs.
File a defamation suit against them, and force the C-suite and their lawyers to sit for depositions where they must justify their good-faith beliefs.
This fact has its plusses and minuses.
The time, expense and stress is a pretty obvious downside for many if not most.
Punitive damages. All you need to do is show the other party acted with malice or through fraud. Punitive damages are designed to be a punishment for the bad actor, you can net some nice coin that way if the judge is particularly unhappy with your opponent. Just get try to get in touch with the ACLU to see if they can give any advice before you file, the case law for this stuff is complicated last time I looked into it.
But... I just talked to an experienced litigation lawyer about this hypothetical, and was told that success really depends on how Twitter handles the notice - how public is it, do your friends and business associates see that you were subjected to a DMCA takedown, etc.
And is often willing to put in a lot of effort to make sure this happens.